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Chinese symbol for “branching”

分岔
fēn chà
(formal) to bifurcate; to branch; (formal) bifurcation; branching

The closest CC-CEDICT match for branching is 分岔 (fēn chà), defined as: (formal) to bifurcate; to branch; (formal) bifurcation; branching.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

分 fēn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
岔 chà
to diverge, to branch; junction, fork in the road
radical 46 ⼭ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 分岔.

WordPinyinMeaning
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis
分别 (分別)fēn biéto part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart
分钟 (分鐘)fēn zhōngminute
十分shí fēnvery; completely
分享fēn xiǎngto share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)
岔路chà lùfork in the road
岔开 (岔開)chà kāito diverge; to branch off the road

See also: Japanese symbol for “branching”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.